11 years ago
Sexual assault on college campuses and in personal relationships will be the topic of the latest Civic Luncheon Lecture Series presentation at Kansas State University Salina. "What Defines Sexual Violence and Rape?" will be presented at noon Thursday, Feb. 12, at K-State Salina's College Center conference room. The gathering will feature three expert panelists: Amanda Olivier, ...

11 years ago
Republican Congressman Tim Huelskamp and Brig. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier Jr. will speak with reporters ahead of a meeting on Fort Riley's future. The public meeting Monday was called to allow Army officials to hear from the community about how possible troop reductions at Fort Riley would affect them. Fort Riley employs more than 25,000 people in ...

11 years ago
Divorce is expected to be the focus of two days of informational Legislative committee hearings on marriage. Rep. Jan Pauls says one of the key questions to be addressed is whether Kansas has made it too easy for couples to get divorced, especially in cases that don't involve domestic violence. The Hutchinson Republican serves on the ...

11 years ago
A 30-year-old city of Manhattan worker has died in a trench collapse. The Riley County Police Department said in a news release that William Albert Wiske of Wamego was repairing a water main Friday evening when the trench gave way. The Manhattan Mercury reports that Wiske was buried up to his waist in dirt and mud when ...

11 years ago
A deal involving land owned by Salina based The Land Institute will insure that the property involved will be a part of the organization's mission of sustainability. According to The Land Institute, two agreements reached with a Colorado foundation promise to bolster work in developing perennial grain crops. Those agreements with the Denver-based Malone Family Land ...

11 years ago
Lottery officials say no jackpot winner was selected in the latest $380 million Powerball drawing. The next drawing will be Wednesday after no one matched Saturday's winning numbers. Sue Dooley is the senior drawing manager for the Multi-State Lottery Association, which oversees Powerball. She says the estimated value of Wednesday's drawing will be $450 million. The huge jackpot ...

11 years ago
A 25-year-old man has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened Saturday morning when a Honda ATV read-ended a Sport Trac ATV less than five miles west of Fort Scott. The Honda flipped, injuring Billy Gale Minor, of the small Bourbon County town of Bronson. Minor was ...

11 years ago
Kansas lawmakers are working to reduce the state's prison population and costs, but parallel legislation to toughen penalties could stymie their efforts. The Kansas Sentencing Commission has submitted bills to the Legislature that would free up 150 beds in state prisons and save $3.6 million. One measure would keep offenders out of prison on their first ...

11 years ago
An enthusiastic crowd gathered Saturday morning to bid on a wide variety of items that included among other things services, romantic getaways, celebrity items and recreation packages. For the 26th year in a row, Child Advocacy and Parenting Services, or CAPS, hosted a celebrity benefit auction. The bidding was fast and furious, with some items selling ...

11 years ago
Kansas voters who re-elected a Republican governor known for aggressive tax cutting are learning that the state won't solve its budget problems without putting its cherished highway system in the cross hairs. Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature this past week worked out plans for closing a $344 million budget deficit by cutting education spending and ...

11 years ago
Effective safe-driving campaigns and increase in suicides have pushed firearm deaths ahead of car crashes as the leading nonmedical cause of deaths in Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports 880 people were killed by guns in Missouri in 2013, the most recent federal data available, while 781 died in car crashes. Safety advocates say some of the ...